Hey all, I'm new to this forum, signed up for this particular issue. I couldn't find anything on this, I've tried getting help at the Ubisoft forums but they directed me here.

The issue I'm encountering can be seen in the image linked, dark boxes appear here and there, especially around buildings. This particular box is actually "made" by a cave quite some distance away.

My specs:

i7-3610QM @2,3GHz

8GB of ram

Windows 7 64-bit

AMD Radeon 7970m

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3781764/misc/Screenshot0000.jpg

Lower the size of your picture!!

You need the latest CAP > http://benchmark3d.com/catalyst-application-profiles-12-11-cap-1

 12.11 beta > http://benchmark3d.com/amd-catalyst-12-11-beta-8-9-01-8

Edit: As with all CAP's...delete the old profiles before installing the new.

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Thank you for the answer, stumped.

But now what I feared has happened. I can't start any game. At all. I went to add/remove programs and removed all amd, reboot, installed the ones you linked to (though the CAP link didn't work, had to google it) and now nothing works. Absolutely nothing happens when I try launching Far Cry 3 from steam.

And AC3 crashes when I try to launch that from Uplay. Hmm

I get this when I try to start CCC: "Catalyst Control Center cannot be started. There are currently no settings that can be configured using Catalyst Control Center." And in my device manager there's that little yellow triangle with an exclamation mark on it next to my 7970m.

Greetings.

Just like peterj i too signed up to the forum to seek some help for this particular issue.

I am experiencing the same as peterj and quite a few other 7970M owners.

@Stumped: I am playing on a Clevo P150EM with windows 7-64 bit. I am running the latest 12.11 beta 8 and having the problem with the "black boxes" As a note i also tried using the 12.11 CAP1 like you mentioned - sadly it made no difference.

I tried the Enduro performance driver too - no difference there either.

It seems to affect DX11 mode permanently, but DX9 mode seems to sometimes be affected aswell. A guy on the Clevo and Sager forum at notebookreview.com posted another screenshot of it:

https://www.evernote.com/shard/s260/sh/d637487b-1bc5-41ad-bd43-094920e288c3/4148d4a9e4de7c4815b55c9c394892cb

There are even 2 threads on the official Ubisoft Technical Forums.

Here: http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php/731587-Black-transparent-%28post-fx-%29-boxes

And here: http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php/731587-Black-transparent-%28post-fx-%29-boxes

Ubisoft doesn't seem to care at all - if you look at both threads, a Ubisoft representative have said that mobile cards are not supported and suggested that we contact AMD for a solution. Its also quite apparent that many 7970m owners suffers from this issue.

I have tried changing all ingame graphic settings, but nothing makes any difference. The black boxes persist ingame.

I really hope someone comes up with a solution to this, seeing as Far Cry 3 is an AMD sponsored game to my knowledge

Please look into this AMD

Best regards.

There is a AMD support form to fill out and send : http://www.amdsurveys.com/se.ashx?s=5A1E27D20B2F3F58

If you have switchable graphics all bets are off.

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As a new user myself to AMD, why would that be o.O

Because http://forums.amd.com/game/messageview.cfm?catid=448&threadid=161340&enterthread=y

..and mentioned here http://forums.amd.com/game/messageview.cfm?catid=444&threadid=162444&enterthread=y

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I feel like I'm on a mac-something right now. This is just awful, might as well have tossed $50 in the lake instead of getting far cry 3.

I had a choice when getting this computer, nvidia or ati, I didnt really have any good experiences with ati but that was long ago and I believed everything would have been solved by now. The 7970m won over the nvidia card because it seemed to be better and I could get the laptop quicker. Turns out I deeply regret my ati choice, once again. Not only because of Far Cry 3 but I've had a lot of issues with this card.

Anyways, stumped, thank you for your help.

Same issue for me too. HD7970m, very annoying. Pull your finger out AMD

The real problem seems to be with the Enduro implementation. Depending on the laptop manufacturer and the model number, there could be a option in the bios to disable the intergrated graphics and use the 79xx only. Also, be sure to check for a bios update.

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In German so please translate. 

http://www.pcgameshardware.de/Far-Cry-3-PC-217540/News/AMD-Catalyst-fuer-Far-Cry-3-1038187/

Fingers crossed this will sort out our issues!

You might try these drivers : http://benchmark3d.com/amd-catalyst-7970m-enduro-performance-driver

Make sure .net 4.5 is installed > http://forums.amd.com/game/messageview.cfm?catid=444&threadid=162444&enterthread=y

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As i wrote in post 4 i tested with the Enduro Performance Driver, and unfortunately it made no difference.

I have a classmate who owns the exact same laptop as me (Clevo P150EM) and he tested with windows 8 and The 12.11 beta 8, and also the enduro performance driver. No different from windows 7, dark boxes were still an issue

A guy on the Ubisoft forums who owns an alienware M17xR4 with a 7970m said that he tested with swtichable graphics disabled(that's an option in the alienware BIOS) with success.

Which leads me to belive that the problem might be related to enduro/switchable graphics.

Im gonna do some more testing when i get home in 8 hours

Thats what I said in the earlier post. It depends on the make and model of the laptop. These issues were also addressed with bios updates as well...you should check your mfgr support website.

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Found this

http://forum.notebookreview.com/sager-clevo/666401-online-petition-bios-updates-clevo-hm-model-series.html

And I am on the P170HM.

Dude....resize or delete these pictures. They exceed allowed size.

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Far Cry 3 system requirements:

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AMD has the only practice, nvidia drivers are suitable for any laptop and work well.

sorry for my bad english.

GM